The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004 film)

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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Original film poster
Directed by	Mary McGuckian
Written by	Mary McGuckian Thornton Wilder
Starring	F. Murray Abraham Kathy Bates Gabriel Byrne Geraldine Chaplin Robert De Niro Harvey Keitel Pilar López de Ayala
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography	Javier Aguirresarobe
Editing by	Kant Pan
Distributed by	Fine Line Features
Release date(s)	22 December 2004 10 June 2005
Running time	120 min
Country	Spain / UK/ France
Language	English
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 2004 drama film directed by Mary McGuckian and featuring an ensemble cast of American and international actors. It is based on Thornton Wilder's novel of the same name. The film was released in 2004 in Spain and 2005 in the U.S. and abroad. Despite praise for its costume design, the film was poorly received by critics [1].

[edit] Background and production

The film and novel are based on the real life story of Micaela Villegas (1748—1819), a famous Peruvian entertainer known as La Perricholi, whose life was also the inspiration for the novella Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement by Prosper Mérimée, an opéra bouffe, La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach, Jean Renoir’s 1953 film Le Carrosse d'or (The Golden Coach), and two earlier film versions: a 1929 silent version, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929) starring Lili Damita and a 1944 version The Bridge of San Luis Rey starring Lynn Bari and Alla Nazimova.